Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Lots of electric-car news today. We''ve got more details on the 2017 Chevrolet Sonic EV, FedEx tests 25 Wrightspeed range-extended electric vans, and BMW-backed research could lead to much cheaper carbon fiber to be used in a wider variety of cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Carbon Fiber 2017 Carbon Chevrolet 122

Green Car Reports

APRIL 20, 2015

We lead off today with two big luxury car stories. The Cadillac CT6 plug-in hybrid debuts at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show, while the next BMW 7 Series will adopt carbon-fiber technology from the i3 electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News'

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Cadillac Volt 2016 Plug-in 60

Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

Based on a Q&A session with Toshihiro Mibe, Honda’s global CEO, and Shinki Aoyama, the company’s top executive in charge of EVs, as well as several interviews with other company executives, Green Car Reports has more context about these upcoming models. Honda 0 Saloon concept No carbon fiber.

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Honda Carbon Fiber Concept Las Vegas 52

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

As it bids to strengthen its focus on lightweight construction, BMW AG has secured a 15.6 per cent stake in SGL Carbon SE. The companies were already working together on a joint venture known as SGL Automotive Carbon Fibres. SGL Automotive Carbon Fibres has a carbon fibre manufacturing plant in Moses Lake in Washington.

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Carbon BMW Washington Manufacturer 44

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150